Curious collectors, collected curiosities : an interdisciplinary study
Contributor(s): Schwartz, Janelle A [editor]
| Serrano, Nhora Lucía [editor].
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BookPublisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2010Description: vi, 164 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781443823258 (hbk.); 1443823252 (hbk.).Subject(s): Collectors, collecting -- HistoryDDC classification: 790.132 Summary: This study asks its readers to enter into an investigation of the nature of collecting as an aesthetic exercise. Spanning the 16th-century through today, it gathers together the work of current scholars to re-envision the task of collectors and their collections in broad strokes.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This study asks its readers to enter into an investigation of the nature of collecting as an aesthetic exercise. Spanning the 16th-century through today, it gathers together the work of current scholars to re-envision the task of collectors and their collections in broad strokes.
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